June 08, 2020

The federal coronavirus response shows a president dead set on avoiding responsibility for the pandemic.

Government responses should focus on detecting and isolating infected people with symptoms, said the WHO's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove.

The committee tasked with marking U.S. business cycles says the economy peaked in February and has since been in a recession triggered by the pandemic. But it says the recession could be short-lived.

The president and his team believe the massive protests in recent weeks will make it harder for critics to single him out.

There have been many Black Lives Matter protests before, but things seem different this time. Why?

A new peer-reviewed study has found that public health orders to enforce social distancing have saved an untold number of lives and likely prevented around 530 million COVID-19 transmissions across six countries.

Rubber bullets, teargas, kettling, arrests: the police tactics against non-violent protesters

The World Health Organization, in a press conference on Monday, expressed solidarity with the demonstrations calling for racial justice — and shared advice to reduce the risk of catching COVID-19.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with food writer Grace Young, who made a series of YouTube videos Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories, about the state of New York's Chinatown at the moment.

For decades, red tape has frustrated the efforts of healthcare providers to deliver timely, high-quality care. The pandemic has shown just how useless so many of those regulations were. Continuing the deregulatory drive will yield a more efficient and more responsive health system for all.

Jennifer Selin writes that the COVID-19 pandemic has raised issues of state and federal control that are not fully resolved. Among them, governors have gained a lot of executive power in recent years and they have also participated in partisan conflicts with or against sitting presidents.

Modelling based on pooled data from 11 European countries indicates that non-pharmaceutical interventions—particularly lockdowns—have had a marked effect on SARS-CoV-2 transmission, driving the reproduction number of the infection below 1.

Texas Department of State Health Services says 1,935 people were admitted as hospital patients with the coronavirus. That is up from a previous record of 1,888 more than a month ago.

PM Jacinda Ardern says she 'did a little dance' as it was confirmed NZ had no active virus cases.